# mundane
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English mondeyne, from Old French mondain, from Late Latin mundanus, from Latin mundus (“world”). Compare Danish mondæn.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mʌnˈdeɪn/, /mən-/
** (US) IPA: [mʌnˈdeɪn]
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** (Received Pronunciation) IPA: [mɐnˈdeɪn]
** (Standard Southern British) IPA: [mʌnˈdɛjn]
** (Canada) IPA: [mʌnˈdeːn], [mʊn-]
** (General Australian) IPA: [mɐnˈdæɪn]
* Rhymes: -eɪn
* Hyphenation: mun‧dane

### Adjective

mundane (comparative mundaner, superlative mundanest)
* Worldly, earthly, profane, vulgar as opposed to heavenly.
    Synonym: worldly
    Antonyms: heavenly, arcane
* Pertaining to the Universe, cosmos or physical reality, as opposed to the spiritual world.
** 1662 Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue 2):
    Amongst mundane bodies, six there are that do perpetually move, and they are the six Planets; of the rest, that is, of the Earth, Sun, and fixed Stars, it is disputable which of them moveth, and which stands still.
* Ordinary; not new.
    Synonyms: banal, boring, commonplace, everyday, routine, workaday, jejune, pedestrian; see also Thesaurus:boring, Thesaurus:common
* Tedious; repetitive and boring.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:boring

#### Derived terms

* submundane
* supermundane
* transmundane
* ultramundane

#### Translations

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#### References

* John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “mundane”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

### Noun

mundane (plural mundanes)
* An unremarkable, ordinary human being.
* (slang, derogatory, in various subcultures) A person considered to be "normal", part of the mainstream culture, outside the subculture, not part of the elite group.
** 1959 December 1, Ron Bennett, Skyrack‎, number 10:THE LIVERPOOL PARTY at Pat and Frank Milnes’ celebrated both the Gunpowder Plot and the Liverpool Club’s 400th and something meeting. Two mundane and non-fan friends of the hosts - women, too - played brag all night and Norman Weedall disappeared at 3 a.m.
** 1989 Spring, Lawrence Person, “Fear and Loathing in New Orleans: A Savage Journey Into the Heart of American Fandom”, in Nova Express, volume 2, number 3 (whole number #7), page 10:The Demon Barber and I played Shock the Mundanes. The door would open up and we would start a sentence in mid-imaginary conversation, like—‘Of course, they never found the body.’
** 1996, Angel of Death, “furries vs. mundanes”, in alt.fan.furry (Usenet):Some people just think your a sicko or something for enjoying the art. I know that alot of the time, I would rather see some nice nude furrygirls instead of pictures of nude mundanes.
* (derogatory, satanism) A person who is not a Satanist.
* (fandom slang, as "the mundane") The world outside fandom; the normal, mainstream world.
** 1966 November, Lee Hoffman, “Our Authors”, in Science-Fiction Five-Yearly‎, number 4, page 35:Long famed in fandom, Mr. Bloch skyrocketed to prominence in the mundane when his autobiographical novel, PSYCHO, was made into a hit motion picture.

#### Synonyms

* (ordinary person): See Thesaurus:mundane
* (mainstream person): See Thesaurus:mainstreamer

#### Derived terms

* mundanely
* mundaneness
* mundanity

### See also

* mundane on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Article on the use of “mundane” as a derogatory term.

### Anagrams

* unnamed

## Latin
### Adjective

mundāne
* vocative masculine singular of mundānus